Your child needs your presence more than your presents. – Jesse Jackson

“Kindness gives birth to kindness.”

Positive anything is better than negative nothing.

“It is easier to give a cup of rice to relieve hunger than to relieve the loneliness and pain of someone unloved.”

“The power for creating a better future is contained in the present moment: You create a good future by creating a good present.”

“It is important that we forgive ourselves for making mistakes. We need to learn from our errors and move on.”

“A friend is one who overlooks your broken fence and admires the flowers in your garden.”

“Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.”

“That is what compassion does. It challenges our assumptions, our sense of self-limitation, worthlessness, of not having a place in the world, our feelings of loneliness and estrangement. These are narrow, constrictive states of mind. As we develop compassion, our hearts open.”

The greatest mistake we make in relationships, we listen half, understand quarter, think zero, and react double.

“War does not determine who is right — only who is left.”

“Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver.”